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  • seo consulting seo expert seo page treatment

    Hi, My website has a few SaaS products, to make my website simple i want to move my website some pages to its specific folder structure , so eg website.com/product1/features
    website.com/product1/pricing
    website.com/product1/information and same for product2 and so on, the website.com/product1/.. menu will only show the links of product1 and only one link to homepage (possibly in footer). Please share your opinion will it be a good idea, from UI perspective it will be simple , but i am not sure about SEO perspective, please help thanks

    Technical SEO | | webbeemoz
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  • canonical ranking issue subdomain indexation

    Our company recently rebranded and launched a new website. The website was developed by an overseas team and they created the test site on their subdomain. The only problem is that Google crawled and indexed their site and ours. I noticed Google indexed their sub domain ahead of our domain and based on Search Console it has deemed our content as the duplicate of theirs and the Google selected theirs as the canonical.
    The website in question is https://www.spaziointerni.us
    What would be the best course of action to get our content ranked and selected instead of being marked as the duplicate?
    Not sure if I have to modify the content to make it more unique or have them submit a removal in their search console.
    Our indexed pages continue to go down due to this issue.
    Any help is greatly appreciated.

    Community | | Spaziohouston
    1

  • indexing request rejected webmaster indexing

    when i try to index my posts in google webmaster tools i see this eror : Indexing request rejected
    During live testing, indexing issues were detected with the URL
    Crawl
    Time
    Sep 23, 2023, 11:05:05 PM
    Crawled as
    Google Inspection Tool desktop
    Crawl allowed?
    Yes
    Page fetch
    error
    Failed: Hostload exceeded
    Indexing allowed?
    N/A
    Indexing
    User-declared canonical
    N/A
    Google-selected canonical

    Only determined after indexing my website : http://123select.ir/

    SEO Tactics | | sasansasyino
    0

  • azeem safi azeemsafi who is azeem safi tech

    I am Working on Tech Niche Website My Website Title is Azeem Safi: Technology News, Gadgets, Howto, Reviews & More and I want to Rank on Google and Drive more traffic on Google. Please Guide me

    Link Building | | ciwili3115
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  • seo spam score

    Hello There,
    Few days back, Spam Score of two of my sites drastically increased from 1% to 31% for one site and from 1% to 36% for another site overnight. Here are the two websites https://simpalm.com/ ducknowl.com Site background for 2-3 months ABC link exchange campaign was started for both the sites. Links where built on high quality sites with DA40 above and most of them are Saas sites No reciprocal link exchange was done Same new pages are created on the site for on page SEO Both the sites are hosted on GoDaddy Can someone please tell me what is the reason of this Sudden increase in spam score of both the sites and at same time?

    Technical SEO | | rohit.c
    1

  • indexing crawling noindex

    Our staging website got indexed by google and now MOZ is showing all inbound links from staging site, how should i remove those links and make it no index. Note- we already added Meta NOINDEX in head tag

    Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | Asmi-Ta
    0

  • seo

    My website has many pages like this: mywebsite/company1/valuation mywebsite/company2/valuation mywebsite/company3/valuation mywebsite/company4/valuation ... These pages describe the valuation of each company. These pages were never identical but initially, I included a few generic paragraphs like what is valuation, what is a valuation model, etc... in all the pages so some parts of these pages' content were identical. Google marked many of these pages as duplicated (in Google Search Console) so I modified the content of these pages: I removed those generic paragraphs and added other information that is unique to each company. As a result, these pages are extremely different from each other now and have little similarities. Although it has been more than 1 month since I made the modification, Google still marks the majority of these pages as duplicates, even though Google has already crawled their new modified version. I wonder whether there is anything else I can do in this situation? Thanks

    Technical SEO | | TuanDo9627
    0
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  • ranking homepage sub-pages not ranking

    Hey Community! I am facing an ranking issue, I am trying to rank on multiple quires with my sub-pages. The issue is homepage is ranking on every single query. Even the homepage's content is not relevant to that query! I have made sure to remove any sort of content relevancy from homepage which i trying to rank with my sub-pages. Business/Website Details: We are a recruitment agency based Pakistan providing manpower around the globe and other recruiting services. We are targeting each country with a sub-page. Even after I have done some necessary things but still there is not effect on rankings. Let me share some examples: Query: recruitment agency for gulf in pakistan Home Page Showing
    1.jpg Page i want to ranking:
    2.jpg This issue is not only with this page, it's appearing on multiple quires but I think it should clear the issue I am facing. Now: Any Possible Solutions to this technical or ranking error. Backlinks on this query don't matter because you can check the other search results don't have any backlink data on them. Please share some quick thoughts on-page content. Even I make a page that have the word recruiting/recruitment in it google will automatically rank homepage and not the page i want! Thanks in advance for help 🙂

    SEO Tactics | | xShams
    0

  • domain analysis domain authority domain migration domain

    I'm looking for some advice on switching domains for my survey/giveaway website.
    I purchased a website that gets around 1,500 in traffic and makes a few hundred in Adsense. The previous owner had rebranded the site and changed the domain which ended up hurting his SEO and traffic. Before that it was getting 10,000 in traffic on the old domain.
    It's been a few years since the rebrand but the original domain still holds a lot of authority and got way more traffic. Should I consider switching the website back to the original domain to try to improve rankings again or should I just focus on the new domain?
    The website now is snipon.com and the previous domain name was surveyh.com
    I'm wondering if switching back to the original domain will still be beneficial or if it will just mess up what's happening now on the rebranded site.

    SEO Tactics | | courtney.lou
    0

  • icons alt images alt attributes

    How effective is to add alt tags to icons?

    On-Page Optimization | | Asmi-Ta
    0
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    serps ranking issue

    Hi all, I am facing an ranking issue, I am trying to rank on a query:
    "Recruitment Agencies In Pakistan for Saudi Arabia" Google is ranking me correctly #1 in singular version on the query, but not in plural version. Even my competitors in SERP's are same and ranking correctly on both teams. And yes, the real/in-search keyword is ""Recruitment Agencies In Pakistan for Saudi Arabia" and not the "Recruitment Agency In Pakistan for Saudi Arabia" I have gone through my on-page and off page but sill can't find the solution. Here is the image of current SERP's: "Recruitment Agencies In Pakistan for Saudi Arabia"
    1.jpg "Recruitment Agency In Pakistan for Saudi Arabia"
    2.jpg Can anyone please guide me on this, like what should i do?

    SEO Tactics | | xShams
    0
  • Unsolved

    google my business google penalty google

    We respond to almost 100% of our quote requests, yet every quote email that comes in from Google shows a 27% response rate and it never changes. Has anyone else seen this or have any insight into it?

    Local Listings | | r1200gsa
    0

  • international technical

    Hi I work for a British company which has two well established websites - a .co.Uk for the UK, and a .com for the US and rest of the world (in language directories). The Uk site is hosted in the Uk, the .com in US. The websites do reasonable well in Google on both sides of the Atlantic. The company is a small but quite well known brand. The company is now thinking of redirecting the .co.Uk to the .com as it would be cheaper to maintain. What would you advise? Thanks.

    International SEO | | fdl4712_aol.com
    2

  • seo

    Hi there, I'm wondering if anyone can shed some light on this... I'm working with a client whose website is experiencing some odd organic traffic patterns. See screenshot attached. As you can see, there was a sudden cliff fall about a month ago, and then it recovered (almost) entirely. Then, a month to the day later, the same thing happened again. What is the likelihood that this is a data glitch vs an algorithm thing? Any light you can shed on this would be appreciated. Thanks,
    Marc
    Screenshot 2023-08-18 at 09.37.26.png image url)

    Search Behavior | | mhenshall
    0
  • Unsolved

    keyword rankings

    I keep getting the following error "Getting ranking keywords failed. Please retry your search or refresh this page. " when using this tool. It has been ongoing for a while and is getting really frustrating. Any ideas?

    Moz Tools | | csiproducts
    1
  • Unsolved

    403 errors

    Hi, Moz( Also reported by GSC)have reported 403 crawl error on some of my pages. The pages are actually working fine when loaded and no visible issue at all. My web developer told me that some times error issues are reported on a working pages and there is nothing to worry about.
    My question is, will the 403 error have bad consequences on my SEO/Page ranking etc. These are some of the pages that have been reported with 403 error but loading fine: https://www.medistaff24.co.uk/hourly-home-care-in-evesham/ https://www.medistaff24.co.uk/contact-us/

    Product Support | | ghrisa65
    0

  • error page

    Hi, I am getting 403 forbidden crawl report on some of my pages. However the pages are loading fine. Also when asked my web developer told that some times reports show errors when there is nothing wrong. Also will the errors affect the SEO/Ranking etc.
    Some of the links:
    https://www.medistaff24.co.uk/contact-us/ https://www.medistaff24.co.uk/elderly-care-in-evesham-worcestershire/ https://www.medistaff24.co.uk/hourly-home-care-in-evesham/

    On-Page Optimization | | ghrisa65
    0
  • Unsolved

    local local seo

    Are there any tools that would help our agency track hundreds of websites against specific local search terms affordably.

    Moz Local | | woshea
    0

  • html header h1 h2 h3

    Is it ok to have no h2 tags? There are no "keywords" relevant to the product in these example h2 tags. Also, is it ok to not have a PRODUCT DESCRIPTION header, or is it better with that header? It's for a "product page". Examples: <h1>Used Bow Front Desk With Mahogany Laminate</h1> <h2 style="display:inline;">QTY:</h2> 3 - <h2 style="display:inline;">Manufacturer:</h2> Hon <h2>Product Description:</h2> <p>This bow front desk is in excellent condition. It has a beautiful mahogany laminate.</p> OR (no h2 tags or product description header at all) <h1>Used Bow Front Desk With Mahogany Laminate</h1> <p>QTY: 3 - Manufacturer: Hon</p> <p>This bow front desk is in excellent condition. It has a beautiful mahogany laminate.</p> I prefer the last one as it's much simpler, but I'm curious if search engines would prefer the existence of h2 tags in the first version. Thanks,
    Todd

    On-Page Optimization | | NRSmart
    0

  • magento nginx

    Our client's Magento website has been running for at least a decade, so has a lot of old legacy categories for Brands they no longer carry. We're looking to trim down the amount of unnecessary URL Redirects in Magento, so my question is: Is there a way that is SEO efficient to setup permanent redirects at a server level (nginx) that Google will crawl to allow us at some point to delete the categories and Magento URL Redirects? If this is a good practice can you at some point then delete the server redirects as google has marked them as permanent?

    Technical SEO | | Breemcc
    0

  • seo consulting

    Moz Community, The most talented people that are SEO experts are part of this community, so that is why I came here to find assistance. I am a Partner at https://3forty3.com/, we are an executive search firm based in San Francisco. At 3FORTY3, we work with the top VC firms in Silicon Valley serving venture-backed and growth-stage clients. We placed marketing executives at 8 of the top 25 Forbes Cloud 100 companies. We are looking for an SEO consultant to help us with our website. Our phase 1 budget = $5K - $10K, but that would grow after phase 1. If interested, please email me directly at jon@3forty3.com. Thanks,
    Jon Schepke
    Partner, 3FORTY3 Executive Search
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonschepke/

    Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | eTownKid
    0

  • wrongpageinserps

    Hi All Thank you in advance for any help. Previously we were sending all keyword traffic to our homepage, targeting the main keyword garden rooms plus the seed keywords eg garden studios, garden offices etc. We created 8 new pages, 4 for each main seed keyword and location and these went live on May 12th. The pages are indexed by google. The issue is that all searches, except for garden annex brighton, are still pointing to the homepage and not the new location/service pages and now we're on July 27th it seems enough time has gone by. We've setup this post to ask the question, what can we do to reinforce to google that we want the services pages listed in SERPS and not the homepage? Here is the list of new pages : - garden offices brighton garden offices sussex garden gyms brighton garden gyms sussex garden annexes brighton garden annexes sussex garden studios brighton garden studios sussex Many Thanks

    Local SEO | | DigitalProgress
    0
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    technical seo

    Hello, I have been publishing a good number of blogs on my site Flooring Flow. Though, there's been an error of the video viewport on some of my articles. I have tried fixing it but the error is still showing in Google Search Console. Can anyone help me fix it out?

    Technical SEO | | mitty27
    0
  • Unsolved

    404 error rep[ort critical errors 4xx error blacklisted wtf

    I have a number of pages on the 4xx error report page that show a page tile saying 'Blacklisted' in MOZ on the critical errors page. What is this and how do I check it is really an issue and fix it? Some of the pages that show with this issue rank on page one in google.

    Moz Tools | | Mr_Roger_Dodger1
    0

  • canonical duplicate site structure url issue

    Dear all, We have two URLs: The main URL which is crawled both by GSC and where Moz assigns our keywords is: https://andipaeditions.com/banksy/ The second one is called a virtual url by our developpers: https://andipaeditions.com/banksy/signedandunsignedprintsforsale/ This is currently not indexed by Google. We have been linking to the second URL and I am unable to see if this is passing juice/anything on to the main one /banksy/ Is it a canonical? The /banksy/ is the one that is being picked up in serps/by Moz and worry that the two similar URLs are splitting the signal. Should I redirect from the second to the first? Thank you

    On-Page Optimization | | TAT100
    0

  • moz report reporting total visits

    Hi. One of the properties in our account has been reporting zero '0' total visits for the past few weeks. The other properties aren't affected. Is there a reason for this or is this an issue on the Moz side of things. Thanks!Moz Zero Visits.PNG

    Reporting & Analytics | | rh-digi
    0
  • Unsolved

    anchor text

    Moz Pro is telling me that "get free high quality hd wallpapers designed home" is one of the top anchor texts in backlinks to my website, larrybohenwebsolutions.com. This anchor text has nothing to do with my website. How do I find out where this anchor text is used and how to fix?

    Link Explorer | | LarryBohen
    0
  • Unsolved

    ecommerce noindex shopify indexed urls

    Hello everyone, I am very new to SEO and I wanted to get some input & second opinions on a workaround I am planning to implement on our Shopify store. Any suggestions, thoughts, or insight you have are welcome & appreciated! For those who aren't aware, Shopify as a platform doesn't allow us to send a 410 Gone Code/Error under any circumstance. When you delete or archive a product/page, it becomes unavailable on the storefront. Unfortunately, the only thing Shopify natively allows me to do is set up a 301 redirect. So when we are forced to discontinue a product, customers currently get a 404 error when trying to go to that old URL. My planned workaround is to automatically detect when a product has been discontinued and add the NoIndex meta tag to the product page. The product page will stay up but be unavailable for purchase. I am also adjusting the LD+JSON to list the products availability as Discontinued instead of InStock/OutOfStock.
    Then I let the page sit for a few months so that crawlers have a chance to recrawl and remove the page from their indexes. I think that is how that works?
    Once 3 or 6 months have passed, I plan on archiving the product followed by setting up a 301 redirect pointing to our internal search results page. The redirect will send the to search with a query aimed towards similar products. That should prevent people with open tabs, bookmarks and direct links to that page from receiving a 404 error. I do have Google Search Console setup and integrated with our site, but manually telling google to remove a page obviously only impacts their index. Will this work the way I think it will?
    Will search engines remove the page from their indexes if I add the NoIndex meta tag after they have already been index?
    Is there a better way I should implement this? P.S. For those wondering why I am not disallowing the page URL to the Robots.txt, Shopify won't allow me to call collection or product data from within the template that assembles the Robots.txt. So I can't automatically add product URLs to the list.

    Technical SEO | | BakeryTech
    0

  • on page optimization

    Hi, We have good google reviews. (4,8) Can we get this rating stars also on our organic search results ? Best remco

    Intermediate & Advanced SEO | | remcoz
    0

  • ga4 traffic campaign settings

    Hi there, I've connected multiple client accounts to GA4 already, but three of our accounts that we have administrator rights to in GA4 are not showing up in our selectable accounts/properties list when logged in via Moz to add to the traffic settings area. Anyone else have this issue and find a fix?

    Reporting & Analytics | | luminusagency
    0
  • Unsolved

    seo tools seo audit

    Check the Domain Age on THE SEO TOOLS KING
    Get Free seo tools only on THE SEO TOOLS KING

    Moz Tools | | seotoolsking
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  • Unsolved

    help with title pages help

    Hello, I am using a plugin named translatepress, however whenever I activate it the moz crawl gives my site as having duplicate content on it. How do I avoid this? I would like to have a website version in English and Portuguese? Thanks

    Getting Started | | SilvinoFernandes
    0

  • technical seo noindex disallow

    Hello everyone, I am reaching out to seek your expert advice on a few technical SEO aspects related to my website. I highly value your expertise in this field and would greatly appreciate your insights.
    Below are the specific areas I would like to discuss: a. Double and Triple filter pages: I have identified certain URLs on my website that have a canonical tag pointing to the main /quick-ship page. These URLs are as follows: https://www.interiorsecrets.com.au/collections/lounge-chairs/quick-ship+black
    https://www.interiorsecrets.com.au/collections/lounge-chairs/quick-ship+black+fabric Considering the need to optimize my crawl budget, I would like to seek your advice on whether it would be advisable to disallow or noindex these pages. My understanding is that by disallowing or noindexing these URLs, search engines can avoid wasting resources on crawling and indexing duplicate or filtered content. I would greatly appreciate your guidance on this matter. b. Page URLs with parameters: I have noticed that some of my page URLs include parameters such as ?variant and ?limit. Although these URLs already have canonical tags in place, I would like to understand whether it is still recommended to disallow or noindex them to further conserve crawl budget. My understanding is that by doing so, search engines can prevent the unnecessary expenditure of resources on indexing redundant variations of the same content. I would be grateful for your expert opinion on this matter. Additionally, I would be delighted if you could provide any suggestions regarding internal linking strategies tailored to my website's structure and content. Any insights or recommendations you can offer would be highly valuable to me. Thank you in advance for your time and expertise in addressing these concerns. I genuinely appreciate your assistance. If you require any further information or clarification, please let me know. I look forward to hearing from you. Cheers!

    Technical SEO | | williamhuynh
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  • Unsolved

    bulloch county statesboro

    Yes, the entire country is changing, but even more so in our once little nook. As a Realtor, I am out in the community and I hear a number of concerns about our community and the transitions that lie ahead. Concerns about housing, schooling, infrastructure even the changing job market.

    Moz Tools | | Stateboro_Agent
    1

  • spamscore technicalsupport

    I have [Safetyglasses](https://www.safetyeyeglasses.com/safety-glasses store in USA. I am doing All SEO Practices according to google guide lines but In moz my spam score is incerasing. Can someone guide me what is the algorithm of it.
    Morover My PA is increasing while DA is Remain constant.
    I am looking some technical expert who guide me?

    Community | | Eyeweb_Eyewear
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  • domain analysis

    My domain age is more than 200 days in these 200 days i got many links but my domain authority is not increasing what can be the reason of this?
    my domain https://bestpicsart.com/

    Community | | Malik0672
    0

  • seo seo expert

    Hi - I have a site Simply Stairlifts and I don't understand it but I've followed all the SEO processes of cleaning the site and building links, but ranking just keeps falling - any advise would be very gratefully received 👍 .

    SEO Tactics | | Naju231
    0
  • Unsolved

    internal linking

    I am trying to track internal links and identify orphan pages. What is the best way to do this?

    Moz Pro | | WebMarkets
    0
  • Unsolved

    api page authority

    So I've been attempting to figure out Moz API to allow for batches of URLs to be searched and the data to be nicely put into a google sheet. I've setup the MOZ API for sheets add-on and everything appears to work, but after spot checking some of my data, I've found that for some reason, the page authority data returned by Moz API appears to be way off the actual number presented by other Moz tools, such as the tool bar and main site.
    Screenshot 2023-06-01 at 9.38.25 AM.png
    Screenshot 2023-06-01 at 9.41.43 AM.png As you can see, in this one example off my list, the returned PA value is 6 points lower than the value returned from the Moz tool bar and website analysis.
    If the data returned is incorrect, how is Moz API useful? Am I missing something? Would love some help or advice, as this tool would be very useful in a functioning state!

    API | | willadogy
    0
  • Unsolved

    error access denied help

    Hi all,
    I am a bit at my wits end trying to get some acknowledgement from MOZ. Have had no replies, no ticket auto-replies, no updates on any of the messages I have sent via the Moz Help Form on the website. Literally nothing. I wanted to avoid having to post publicly, but does anyone know how to raise a "technical problem" ticket with MOZ? help@moz.com never replies and the Help Form doesn't generate any kind of ticket. From our main office we get an "Access denied" Error (via Cloudflare) specifically for the Moz Community area. This happened to us in February of this year and has been happening again all through May. After testing ourselves with our IT, we determine that MOZ's Cloudflare account has incorrectly blocked the dedicated IP address specific to the internet connection at our head office. This means that none of our Moz User accounts can access anything related to the Community area in our account when working at the studio. We can only do so when working remotely (ie. some other IP address). This is incredibly frustrating, particularly as we've been on a proper paid MOZ account for many years. And I have sent numerous email requests, messages via the Form, etc., and have never heard back from anyone at all. The problem has been on-going for some time and I guess it is my fault because I tried to politely wait a fair amount of time between each follow-up. Only to realize that, actually, I don't think anyone is monitoring help@moz.com or even the Form submissions, or are even looking into the issue for me. Am hoping this message is seen by someone at Moz so they can let me know what is going on please? Guys..... c'mon.....

    Product Support | | DanielDL
    0

  • redirecting domain redirect former site

    Is it best to redirect an old website to a new website page by page to like pages or just the entire site all at once to the home page of the new site? I do have about 10 good pages on the site that are worth directing to corresponding pages on the new site. Just trying to figure out what is going to preserve the most link juice. Thanks for the help!

    Technical SEO | | photoseo1
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